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9. Aha, found a link and yes, it inspired the name Tatooine.

Tue Sep 17, 2013, 01:35 AM

Sep 2013

http://www.tunisia-live.net/2013/09/16/meteor-strikes-tatouine-home-of-star-wars/

Over the weekend, Tunisia received a jolt from a galaxy far, far away.

A space object, likely a meteorite, fell on Sunday in a rural desert area of the Tataouine governorate in southern Tunisia, not far from the filming location of the first Star Wars movie, according to local radio reports.

Witnesses, according to Radio Tataouine, say that a bright object was seen falling from the sky at around 8 p.m. and then exploded on the ground. The streaking space object was reportedly visible from the city of Tataouine, the governorate’s capital.

Tataouine inspired the name of Luke Skywalker’s home planet in the Star Wars films, although series creator spelled it “Tatooine.”

And another fun story about it
http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/star-wars-escape-pod-lands-tunisian-desert-170900104.html

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Tunisia was hit with a Meteorite [View all] lovuian Sep 2013 OP

Tataouine? Isn't that the planet Luke Skywalker came from? Electric Monk Sep 2013 #1

It was not a meteorite, was an escape pod The Straight Story Sep 2013 #2

No, these are not the droids you are looking for jberryhill Sep 2013 #5

"What a desolate place this is" pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #3

Didn't they shoot some of that film in Tunisia jberryhill Sep 2013 #4

Yes. The sets are still there... cui bono Sep 2013 #13

Well, now we know where George got the name. Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #7

That's what they want you to believe... cui bono Sep 2013 #12

Isn't "space meteorite" kind of redundant? Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #6

Actually, it's contradictory jberryhill Sep 2013 #16

Any chance of a link that most of us can read? Here is clip from the link... uppityperson Sep 2013 #8

I hate computer screen Arabic. It's too tiny to make out the letters clearly. nt Deep13 Sep 2013 #10

Google Translate whttevrr Sep 2013 #14

Aha, found a link and yes, it inspired the name Tatooine. uppityperson Sep 2013 #9

Can we please teach basic Newtonian physics to all journalists? hootinholler Sep 2013 #17

reminds me of the meteor that hit somewhere in Russia I think about a year ago. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2013 #11

I've got a bad feeling about this R2... Bosonic Sep 2013 #15

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